20200217014519I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Richard 190A · Granbury, TX · February 17, 2020

Date: February 17, 2020 · 14:40 local
Place: Granbury, TX
Airport: Nassau Bay
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2561
Reported as: Richard 190A
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 80,000 total40 in this make and model

N2561Registration cancelled Apr 3, 2021 · Richard 190AS/N 001 · Built 1968 Airframe modelRichard 190A Engine modelLycoming IO-360-B4AReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft had been in maintenance for two years and approved for return to service on 1/8/2020. The owner taxied out to the runway for a fast taxi test following extensive maintenance. The owner reported rolling over a soft spot in the grass runway causing the tail to bounce up. This caused the short-coupled aircraft to nose-over and flip inverted. The owner was secured in the single seat with a five-point harness and only sustained minor lacerations to his face when the canopy broke. There was no intention of flight, therefore, this is an incident as defined by 49 CFR 830.2 "definitions".

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN IN MAINTENANCE FOR TWO YEARS AND APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE ON 1/8/2020. THE OWNER TAXIED OUT TO THE RUNWAY FOR A FAST TAXI TEST FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE. THE OWNER REPORTED ROLLING OVER A SOFT SPOT IN THE GRASS RUNWAY CAUSING THE TAIL TO BOUNCE UP. THIS CAUSED THE SHORT-COUPLED AIRCRAFT TO NOSE-OVER AND FLIP INVERTED. THE OWNER WAS SECURED IN THE SINGLE SEAT WITH A FIVE-POINT HARNESS AND ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR LACERATIONS TO HIS FACE WHEN THE CANOPY BROKE. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT, THEREFORE, THIS IS AN INCIDENT AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 830.2 "DEFINITIONS".